Spanish retail sales rise for 11th straight month in June

Spanish retail sales rose for the 11th month in a row in June, data showed on Wednesday, as consumer spending continues to pick up.MADRID: Spanish retail sales rose for the 11th month in a row in June, data showed on Wednesday, as consumer spending continues to pick up after a long crisis, underpinning an economic turnaround.

Sales rose 2.3 per cent in April, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said. That was the lowest rate of growth in seven months and below the 3.3 per cent forecast in a Reuters poll.

In May, sales rose a revised 3.1 per cent after an original reading of 3.4 per cent.